US Congress Senate Bill 1350 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-5)
Status: Introduced on July 12 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-07-12 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Pulmonary Fibrosis Research Enhancement Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to: (1) establish the National Pulmonary Fibrosis Advisory Board, (2) develop a system to collect data on pulmonary fibrosis and other interstitial lung diseases, and (3) establish the National PF Registry. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), in developing the Registry, to: (1) expand and coordinate existing data and surveillance systems, surveys, registries, and other federal public health and environmental infrastructure; and (2) provide for research access to pulmonary fibrosis data. Directs the Secretary to ensure that epidemiological and other types of information are made available to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Requires the Director of CDC to prepare the National Pulmonary Fibrosis Education and Awareness Plan, which shall: (1) focus on strategies to increase public education and awareness of pulmonary fibrosis, (2) address the need for new physician education strategies to improve diagnosis and treatment standards, and (3) assess and monitor the costs of pulmonary fibrosis and its burden on patients and families. Encourages the Director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to expand, intensify, and coordinate Institute pulmonary fibrosis research activities.

Pulmonary Fibrosis Research Enhancement Act

Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE]	Sen. Mark Begich [D-AK]	Sen. Scott Brown [R-MA]	Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]
Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]	Sen. Saxby Chambliss [R-GA]	Sen. Susan Collins [R-ME]	Sen. Mike Crapo [R-ID]
Sen. Al Franken [D-MN]	Sen. Daniel Inouye [D-HI]	Sen. Mark Kirk [R-IL]	Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]
Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]	Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-07-12	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

HB2505 (Related) 2011-07-15 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/1350/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/s1350/BILLS-112s1350is.pdf